Halifax-based Outcast Foods has received $100,000 after being named a semi-finalist in the Government of Canada's Food Waste Reduction Challenge. Twelve finalists will receive $400,000 and two winners will each receive $1,500,000.
Outcast has been growing rapidly and recently closed a $10 million funding round, half of which came from District Ventures Capital, the fund led by Arlene Dickinson of Dragons’ Den. It was also awarded a business development incentive in the form of a Small Medium Enterprise Innovation Rebate by Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Outcast says it is the only company in